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A Model for Europe? An Appraisal of Canadian Integration Policies

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Politische Steuerung von Integrationsprozessen

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Canada has emerged as an influential “model” informing discussions of immigrant integration in Europe (Kymlicka 2004). Proponents of the “Canadian model” cite its ability to promote social peace and liberal-democratic values, while also recognizing the identities and rights of ethnic minorities through a policy of official multiculturalism. Canadian politicians have done their share to encourage such thinking, rarely passing over an opportunity to laud Canada’s commitment to diversity, to both domestic and international audiences (Abu-Laban/ Gabriel 2002: 122). Canadian journalists and editorial writers have also felt free to prescribe Canadian solutions for ethnic tensions in European countries, as have scholars and a host of public intellectuals.

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  1. Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto

    Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)

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  1. Universität Siegen, Siegen

    Sigrid Baringhorst (Professorin für Politikwissenschaft) (Professorin für Politikwissenschaft)

  2. Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster

    Uwe Hunger (wissenschaftlicher Assistent) (wissenschaftlicher Assistent)

  3. Arbeitsstelle Interkulturelle Konflikte und gesellschaftliche Integration, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Berlin

    Karen Schönwälder (Leiterin und Privatdozentin) (Leiterin und Privatdozentin)

  4. Otto-Suhr-Institut, Freien Universität Berlin, Berlin

    Karen Schönwälder (Leiterin und Privatdozentin) (Leiterin und Privatdozentin)

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Triadafilopoulos, T. (2006). A Model for Europe? An Appraisal of Canadian Integration Policies. In: Baringhorst, S., Hunger, U., Schönwälder, K. (eds) Politische Steuerung von Integrationsprozessen. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-90454-2_4

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